Ken Downey

Claritas Health Ventures (Claritas Health Ventures) is a healthcare venture arm of Claritas Capital LLC founded in 2008 by John H. Chadwick and Theresa Sexton. Claritas Health Ventures is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Highland Associates, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm was founded by Charles Perry, William Mills and William Terry in 1987 specifically to assist not-for-profit healthcare institutions in the development, implementation, and maintenance of treasury and investment management programs. In 2019, they became a subsidiary of Regions Bank, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF). Highland Associates provides investment advice to institutional investors such as endowments/foundations, pensions, non-profit operating entities, as well as high net-worth individuals.

Part of Kaufman, Hall & Associates LLC, Ponder & Co. provides financial, strategic advisory and management consulting services. The company is based in Brentwood, TN. The CEO of the company is Edward LeMaster. Ponder was acquired by Kaufman, Hall & Associates LLC on May 01, 2023.